Category Archives: Margaret Hall Hicks

An Independence Commencement: How Baylor's Earliest Graduates Celebrated

Posted on December 14, 2012 by Amanda Norman

We introduced Margaret Hall Hicks, a Baylor alumna from the 1870s, this summer in our “Looking Back at Baylor: Simple Pleasures in Independence” post. We encourage you to read it for a view of Christmas celebrations in Baylor’s early years. … Continue reading →

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Looking Back at Baylor: Simple Pleasures in Independence

Posted on July 9, 2012 by Amanda Norman

This piece by former Texas Collection director Kent Keeth originally was published in The Baylor Line in November 1978, then was reprinted in Looking Back at Baylor (1985), a collection of Keeth and Harry Marsh’s historical columns for the Line. … Continue reading →

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